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QUEEN CROWNS SOPHIE FROM COUNTESS TO PRINCESS!

As Prince Charles dithers over whether he’s going to fulfil his late father’s wish to bestow the Duke of Edinburgh title on his youngest brother, Prince Edward, the Queen is stepping in with a historic decision of her own.

Sources tell New Idea exclusively that Her Majesty has decided one of her final major structural changes to the monarchy will be allowing Edward’s wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to be known as a princess.

It’s a move that was reportedly suggested by the Queen’s late husband, Prince

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